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Not a class, but a chance to practice your skills. Bring your own material or purchase material available to work on your project. A lab monitor will be on hand for supervision and guidance, although these are not teaching workshops.

Bring your own steel OR we have steel for sale at the forge:

  • 1/4″ square
  • 3/8″ square and round
  • 1/2″ square and round
  • sucker rod (higher carbon steel) sold in 7″ sections

Students must wear fire-safe clothing (cotton, wool, or leather; no synthetics), closed-toe shoes (no synthetic uppers), and should dress for an open classroom. Long pants and short sleeves recommended. Bring a jacket in case the night gets cold

Water will be provided.

To Register Click on the Date/Time Below

DATES: 1 Wednesday. Date options below:

TIMES: 6:00-9:00pm

FEE: $30

LOCATION: San Luis Obispo campus 75 acres: 4800

INSTRUCTOR: Leif Bennett

QUESTIONS: Contact the instructor at leif@creativebennetts.com

Class Schedule – Please Note:
Our class schedules may be subject to change. You can view the most current class status anytime on the Community Programs website. To stay up to date after registering, please monitor your email, as any changes will be sent to the email address we have on file.

Meet the instructor

Leif Bennett

 Leif Bennett has been blacksmithing and metalworking since 1993.  He has taken a wide variety of blacksmithing courses and has been teaching blacksmithing for more than a decade at Adam’s Forge in Los Angeles. He has a B.S. in applied physics from the California Institute of Technology and currently holds Level 1 and Instructor certificates issued by the California Blacksmith Association.